food IS a theme park
As the holidays continue to unfold at Disneyland, so do the eats! Today we have more festive treats coming your way – this time from Award Wieners in Disney California Adventure!
Award Wieners Holiday Menu
The only thing better than that morning cup o’ joe… is seeing a favorite Disney Pal topping that cup!
Mickey-topped Latte
Guests have been able to have a few Disney characters printed on their coffee at select Joffrey’s Coffee locations — including Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Company in Disney Springs — for a little while now. But now there is a new place where you can have a little character added to your coffee… The Mara in Disney World’s Animal Kingdom Lodge! [Read more…]
Hi, friends! We’re back with another DFB Video today, and we’re letting you in what’s NEW in Walt Disney World and Disneyland!
Creamy Bacon Mac and Cheese Tots at Friar’s Nook
Oh, MY, has it ever been busy on both coasts! We’ve been ringing in the holiday season not only at the Festival of Holidays in Disney California Adventure, but also at the Flurry of Fun in Disney World’s Hollywood Studios. And along the way we’ve been taking in everything from new loaded Mac and Cheese dishes to brand new festive decorations to Resort gingerbread displays and more! So join us on a whirlwind trip to both the east and west coast to find out what’s NEW! [Read more…]
on Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A. has joined in on the Holiday Eats around Disneyland Resort and just added three new Christmas-themed treats to their menu. Read on to find out if they’re worth the stop!
Plaza Inn, Main St. USA
Plaza Inn is known for its great location, charming atmosphere, and most of all the best fried chicken I’ve ever tasted (no exaggeration there, seriously!). We set out to find out if their new holiday dessert menu treats were a must-try and here’s what we found.
Disneyland Plaza Inn’s Holiday Dessert Menu
First up: this cute little Holiday Bundt Cake.
Plaza Inn Holiday Bundt Cake
While we loved the presentation–especially the cute little Minnie chocolate detail on top–we were a little disappointed with the first bite. Like we’ve seen happening over at Jolly Holiday Bakery, their classic buttercream has been replaced in several desserts with white chocolate mousse. It’s sweet, but pretty generic. I really miss the buttercream!
Lots of frosting, but no buttercream 🙁
Next, the Christmas Mint Yule Log.
Plaza Inn Christmas Mint Yule Log
This holiday dessert also gets some extra points for presentation with that perfect chocolate cake swirl and those cute shiny chocolate pearls on top. And while the buttercream hasn’t disappeared from this one, I didn’t get a lot of flavor.
Moving on to the Coconut Cream Pie:
Plaza Inn Christmas-themed Coconut Cream Pie
This dessert is pretty basic in terms of presentation and again, didn’t really wow me with the flavor. You do get coconut vibes from this with the coconut-flavored pastry cream, coconut flavored whipped cream, and coconut shavings on tops, but that’s about it. A sweet coconutty dessert but not a lot of flavor depth.
Christmas Coconut Cream Pie at the Plaza Inn
All three of these desserts were fine, but each of them left me with that “meh” feeling. Is it worth stopping at the Plaza Inn JUST for the Holiday desserts? Probably not. With all of the other drool-worthy Holiday sweets at Disneyland, we think your tastebuds (and dollars!) would be happier with something else. And good news! We already have a list of the best for you. 😉
We’re getting ready to celebrate the 90th Birthday of Mickey Mouse! All over the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts, specialty treats will be available to mark the very special occasion.
Mickey’s Birthday Cupcake
If you’ve perused the list of all of the snacks on the way, you’ll notice that the treats are scheduled to be available throughout various locations all around Disney World from November 16th through 18th. However, Disney World’s Polynesian Village Resort is getting ready to celebrate Mickey’s birthday a few days early with Mickey’s Birthday Cupcake, which is now available at Capt. Cook’s, the Resort’s quick service location! [Read more…]
4R Cantina Barbacoa Food Truck rolled into Disney Springs this past summer,
and since then has given us a pumpkin flavored WonderFall twist on their Churro Balls, and now we’ve got news of a Holiday twist on these popular desserts!
4R Cantina Food Truck
You’ll always find their “standard” Dolce de Leche Churro Balls on their menu (but these are far from standard), and now this holiday season you’ll find a new flavor!
(Anybody else thinking of the Alec Baldwin Schweddy Balls sketch? No, just me? Anyway.)
“Who’s the leader of the Club that’s made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!“
Mickey in the Magic Kingdom!
It’s almost time to celebrate the 90th Birthday of everyone’s best pal, MICKEY MOUSE! And what better way to celebrate any birthday than with a cake? Or a push pop? Or a pretzel? How about a specialty cheeseburger or salad? You’ll find ALL those things — and MORE! — in Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort this coming weekend ONLY to celebrate Mickey’s Birthday!
In Walt Disney World, the snacks you see below will be available at their designated locations from November 16th – 18th. In Disneyland Resort, you’ll find the snacks on November 17th and 18th only (unless otherwise noted below).
Mickey Mouse!
So get ready to pick out which snack you’d like to celebrate Mickey with from the lists below! [Read more…]
Peppermint fans — go straight to California Adventure’s Schmoozies for two peppermint-y Christmas-y delights! As we continued on our Food Tour of Disneyland eating and drinking as many Christmas specialty items as we could, we headed right to Schmoozies and are glad we did!
Schmoozies
We’ll just say it again — peppermint! What a sweet, cool stop!
We’re loving the abundant (and we mean abundant — three snack checklists worth!) holiday eats and drinks at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park. We found the brand new Sugar Plum Churro at the snack cart by Haunted Mansion!
Sugar Plum Churro
With a name like Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe you know there will be jolly sweet treats in store for you! That’s exactly what we found at our stop here on our Holiday Food Crawl around the Disneyland Resort!
Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe
This holiday season the Jolly Holiday Bakery has five sweet treats on their limited-time Holiday menu. And you know we tried all five of them!
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